Dimethyl Sulfoxide → HCID 28825277, compound

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Combine 4-(4-Formyl-phenoxy)-benzonitrile (3.6 g, 16.1 mmol), dimethylsulfoxide (25 mL), potassium carbonate (2.1 g, 15.2 mmol), and 3 mL of 30% hydrogen peroxide solution. Stir 18 h at ambient temperature. Dilute with 100 mL of water, extract with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). Wash the organic phase with 100 mL of water, and 50 mL of brine. Dry the organic phase over sodium sulfate, filter, and concentrate under vacuum. Purify via a Biotage Flash 40L system using 75:25 hexanes/ethyl acetate as eluting solvent to give 3.0 g (77%) of the title compound: 1H NMR (chloroform-d): 9.95 (s, 1H), 7.88 (m, 4H), 7.12 (m, 4H), 5.29-5.14 (br m, 2H).

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